Introductory
SPECIES: Cornus nuttallii | Pacific Dogwood 



ABBREVIATION : 
CORNUT

SYNONYMS : 
   Cynoxylon nuttallii Shafer
   Benthamidii nuttallii (Audobon) Moldenke


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   CONU4


COMMON NAMES : 
   Pacific dogwood
   mountain dogwood
   western dogwood
   western flowering dogwood


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of Pacific dogwood is Cornus
nuttallii Audubon.  It is a member of the dogwood famliy (Cornaceae)
[2,9].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
See OTHER STATUS

OTHER STATUS : 
The species is globally ranked as secure but is rare in parts of its
range.  A disjunct population of Pacific dogwood in central Idaho (Idaho
County) along the Lochsa and Selway rivers on the Clearwater Forest and
perhaps on the Nez Perce National Forest is considered a "Sensitive"
species by Region 1 of the Forest Service.  Idaho ranks Pacific dogwood
as endangered due to vulnerability of extirpation from its limited
population size and recent diebacks [37].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Randy Scott Griffith, June 1992.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Griffith, Randy Scott.  1992.  Cornus nuttallii.  In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Cornus nuttallii | Pacific Dogwood